Archive for July, 2010

MFJ TNC 2 Packet Radio Model MFJ-1270……

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KENWOOD TM-2570A 2 METER MOBILE PARTS OR REPAIR

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Mirage B1016 160W 2 Meter Amplifier SSB/FM

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Gonset Communicator / II / IIA 2 meter manual »R²

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Gonset Communicator IV 4 2 meter manual w/lg schs »R²

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Icom 3210A 2 Meter / 70 CM (145/440) Dual Band Radio

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2 Meter VHF 144 /148 5 Element Yagi Beam Antenna

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ICOM IC-25A 2 METER FM TRANSCEIVER INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Radio Shack HTX-420 2 meter/70cm dual band FM handheld.

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New FDC 2 meter HT No reserve and Free shipping

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MFJ 1273 Packet Tuning Indicator New In Box For 1270B

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! No, It’s an Asteroid — Asteroid (31531) ARRL, To Be Exact!

John, Paul, George and Ringo are on the list. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms — even Frank Zappa and Elvis (but not Madonna). Of course Asimov and Sagan made the cut, Mr Spock, too, but not Captain Kirk. And now ARRL — more precisely, (31531) ARRL — joins this prestigious company as one of more [...]

ARRL Board Considers Celebrations, Changes and Conferring of Awards at 2010 Second Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2010 July 16-17 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie, N3KN. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD, and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW, were guests of the Board. At the two-day meeting, the Board considered [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspot activity increased again this week, but on Tuesday and Wednesday — July 27-28 — a stiff solar wind increased Earth’s geomagnetic activity, which is a negative for HF propagation. Sunspot numbers for July 22-28 were 39, 45, 41, 39, 39, 15 and 31, with a mean of 35.6. The 10.7 cm flux was 87.7, [...]

Surfin’: A Town Without Pitney

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUARRL Contributing Editor This week, Surfin’ scours the Internet for yet another musical ham.  Two weeks running, I have written here about hams I know who sing or sang for a living. In response, Paul Walcott, WD8H, e-mailed me that the late rock crooner Gene Pitney was a ham, too. That was news [...]